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THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER
Within the scope of the body of Christ, prayer is the ONLY channel or means of communicating WITH GOD. Prayer is a face of fellowship through which believers can worship God IN TRUTH and IN SPIRIT.
In other words, it is the mode of ‘fellowship with God’ which is done through the name Jesus, else, it’s not consistent with what the Bible calls prayer.
The reasons for prayer varies from person to person, the reasons underlying our prayers, are reflectives of the benefits we intend to receive.
However, there are fundamental benefits of praying, which includes:
1. INTIMACY WITH GOD
Our degree of intimacy with God differs because the CAPACITY of our relationship with God is not the same. Intimacy is the platform upon which the church is espoused to Christ (the head of the church).
Intimacy also exists between a husband and his wife, the basic purpose of their marriage is to live together as ONE FLESH.
In likewise manner, we’re joined with Christ and our intimacy with him is maintained and explored through prayer.
In marital relationship, sex is not just for satisfaction, it is a language of intimacy which strengthens the oneness of the couple.
In relationship with God, prayer is not a ritualistic exercise, it is a language of intimacy which sustains the oneness of the body of Christ.
Intimacy with God Is primarily concerned with ‘walking with God’ before working for God. It is a facet with emphasis on “the secret place.”
Genesis 5:24: “And Enoch WALKED WITH GOD: and he was not; for God took him.”
The above text is the account of Enoch’s testimony, he’s the facet dimension which depicts the christian journey into the depths of the realities of God.
2. SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Both individual and collective growth is the product of consistent intimacy with God, when every believer is growing, the body of Christ will eventually reach ‘the unity of the faith’.
Growth is a characteristic of believers, it is the evidence that one has not just walked with God, but has TOUCHED realities of God which are encrypted in his spirit.
Growth becomes part of your benefit when you’re GIVEN to many prayers which concerns the matters of the kingdom.
Nobody grows by default, Never!
Therefore, it is not enough to ignite intimate relationship with God, you must endeavor to GROW, if not, you’ll remain a new-creature-infant.
Growth is concerned with spiritual maturity. Prayer helps to draw you closer to God, it serves as a mode for approximating to a higher realm. When this happens, it shows you’re actually growing.
Ephesians 4:13: “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto A PERFECT MAN, unto the measure of the stature of THE FULNESS of Christ”
From the above mentioned text, ‘a’ perfect man is used to typify THE BODY of Christ as ‘one perfect personality’ which has attained the fullness of Christ. This is why WE pray for THE BODY, until this benefit is achieved.
3. IT IS A MODE OF WARFARE OPERATION.
Isaiah 9:4-5: “For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.”
From the above scripture, the war scenario is the immediate devastation of the Midianites, which is used to compare the conflict and a sudden conquest that Christ obtained over sin, satan, the world, and death.
As christian soldiers, we know that we are not permitted to wrestle against our fellow human, we are rather approbated to fight against evil forces.
Ephesians 6:12: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against PRINCIPALITIES, against POWERS, against THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS of this world, against SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS in high places.”
The wrestling and the victory over these evil forces, can ONLY be possible through praying, else, we can’t be able to fight those forces. This is one of the outstanding benefits of praying.
Due to the powers that be, whenever you pray, it turns to be a war in the spirit world.
David was a man who uses songs to pray. Those songs are called ‘songs of prayer’ or ‘intercessory songs’. More often than not, he sings prayerfully, that’s why he was not just a singer, but a worshipper THROUGH prayer.
Prayer was actually the life of his songs.
Prayer is the life of ALL believers. This is the emphasis behind what Jesus said in Luke 18:1
“….Men ought ALWAYS to pray, and not to faint
He said, ‘always’.
When something is done always, it will automatically become a lifestyle. When something is your lifestyle, it is already an addiction, there will be no day you won’t do it, there will be no day you will relent in doing it.
Pray more often in your secret place, intensify your prayers and maintain it as your lifestyle.
Let us pray!
David Chikwado Caleb
ANGELS
Let me talk a little on Angels today: ”Do you know you’ve encountered Angels and maybe severally?”
UNUSUAL APPEARANCE
You’ve ever observed a person you rarely see but always see when you’re in some grave danger and when it’s resolved, they’re no more? And on and on like that It goes…
They may not appear in the form you expect as with wings and in white garment and the likes but they do severally appear besides those appearances in human form to men.
They did with Abraham(Gen.18).
They did with Lot(Gen.19).
They did with much more…
When they do, some men of the Spirit could realize it and some others do not but irregardless, they must accomplish their task at the time.
I’ve had Angelic visitation too of the white garment and the likes we do know of but of this I speak now, very often. This happens many times in the lives of God’s children.
You must not be ignorant of the divine and of Angelic operations. You must be sensitive as a child of God.
Sometimes we get distracted and it’s okay. But, come right back. Get in the race. Run with speed. Run with determination.
Speaking of these Angels, they’re ministering spirits to the saints and to the church.
Seeing such important role they play, why ignore their operation?
OTHER SCENARIOS
There were times too you’ve been delivered from some accidents maybe on road and from some harm and others.
Those are Fruits of Angelic operations!
HOW TO RELEASE THEM
–Prayer: Prayer has always and always will be key.
Angels do not move till God speaks. God does not move till we speak (Pray). This should tell you how important prayer is. It should be for us as breathing itself for of such was it to the Apostles and early Church and thus could they last.
Our prayer releases God into action which brings Angelic interventions.
A WAR
There’s a war going on in the earth whether you realize it or not. But as a Soldier of Christ, you should know that.
We’re not the ones fighting but we play a major role in the battle.
By our prayers, we empower the divine and Angels and when we don’t pray, we don’t. I know it may seem hard to get but, the prayers of the church releases and empowers Angels. What happens then when they don’t?
Today, they pay less attention to the battle they’re in and tangle in worldly affairs, seeking after wealth and much more and rarely after deliverance of the oppressed and darkness destruction. As the scripture says, we shouldn’t be ignorant of the enemy’s wiles (2 Cor. 2:11).
JESUS AS EXAMPLE
Want much of Angelic visitations in your life? Got to be prayerful!
Jesus prayed in the wilderness after which Angels came and strengthened Him.
He prayed at Gethsemane and Angels came and strengthened Him.
He prayed much more times and received Angelic visitations and intervention (not all were accounted in the scriptures).
We’ve got to pray too!
©Jemifor Zaphenathpaaneah Roland
Discovering your Purpose
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Acts 13:36 “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.”
Every man in this world has a reason for which he was created. While molding a clay pot, a potter has in mind, the kind of clay pot he wants to produce and the purpose that pot will accomplish.
Creators do not create for mere pleasure, or leisure. They are intentional in their designs and inventions. Everything they create has a purpose which it accomplishes.
You have a purpose which God has ordained that you will fulfill. You are not in this world to add to the growing population. Your birth was not a mistake. Though, you might have been birthed out of wedlock, yet, you are not a mistake. Your parents’ act was a mistake, but your life and delivery was never a mistake.
It was foreordained in the Eternal counsels of God. Until you accept this fact and begin to seek for the Purpose for which you are here, you will either be a mediocre or an ordinary member of the society. This is because your uniqueness is in your purpose. Your joy, happiness and fulfillment is in your purpose.
Like David, you have a purpose to accomplish in your generation.
The key to understanding with clarity, that which God has made you to be is necessary to you living a life of impact. The purpose which God ordained for you is beyond being a mere clerk or member of staff. It is something greater; something which the world has never seen. Jesus described us as Salt who are to add seasoning to this world. What seasoning are you adding to the lives of people around you.
HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE
- Find your Passion:
Follow your passion; it will lead to your purpose
ORPRAH
Pay attention to the things you are connected to. Do not be mistaken though. Not everything that you love will turn out to be your purpose. Having a liking for a cause is different from having passion for it. Passion is deep and strong connection you feel between your soul and a cause. That which you have this connection to, is most often connected to your Purpose.
If you are having difficulty finding your Purpose, take out some time for self-reflection. Write down a list of twenty cause you love. Reduce it to the top ten you love a lot. Reduce this ten to the top three which you love a lot, until you finally have one left. That passion which is superior to every other thing in your life, follow it. It will lead you in the path of purpose.
2. Seek the Counsel of God:
Psalm 139:16: “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”
Every other human method of finding purpose, though most often reliable, can turn out to lead in the wrong direction. Only God can give you a clear definition of your purpose and mission on this Earth.
One of the lovely things about God is that He will not only reveal His Purpose for you to you, He will also give you perfect understanding of that purpose, and guide you in fulfilling it.
How does God reveal ones purpose?
God revealed Jeremiah’s purpose to Jeremiah through a vision (Jeremiah 1:5). God reveals our purpose to us through dreams, visions, ideas. But sometimes, God does not reveal our purpose in entirety. He expects us to walk with Him by Faith. It is in our continuous walk with Him and obedience to His instructions that our purpose become clearer to us.
Too Precious to Lose
Matthew 16:26: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Heb 12:16: “Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
Despite its severe effects, the lockdown was also a blessing in disguise. Although the lockdown has been terrible on some people, yet, it has also been didactic.
It has given Christians the space to reflect on the state of their fellowship with God. It has caused us to genuinely appreciate our faith and the communal Worship which we had in time past.
The communal Worship which several believers abandoned in their desperate quest to get Earthly Riches, is what they are crying for today.
The businesses which they pursued at the expense of their Faith and devotion, has been shut down without warning by the Government.
The friends whose pressure caused them to backslide in their walk with God, are nowhere to be found today.
The Covid was terrible. The lockdown was terrible. Yet, these things were highly didactic.
They should us the true nature of riches and Humanity.
Despite our world powers, health technologies and advanced science, we could not stop a single virus from wiping out millions of people from the face of the Earth.
We have been taught a lesson by Experience. And this lesson is one that will be passed on from generation to Generation.
Science has its limit. Money has its limit.
We are told in scriptures that money answers all things. That is true only in the context of material things.
Money only answers our yearn for the visible and tangible materials in this world. But money has no ability to procure eternity on our behalf.
Hence, the believer must be careful not to put money, instead of his soul’s state, as the priority of his pursuits in life.
Jesus said it this way,
St. Matthew 16:26 “And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul?” (NLT)
The AMP puts it this way,
Matthew 16:26: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?”
What exactly can you give as an exchange for the Blessedness of being a Christian?
Why aren’t you seeing the inestimable value of this great Pearl given unto you by the Lord Himself.
Why are you willing to forsake your faith to gain the world?
Why are you willing to forsake your faith to gain the cheers and praises of your friends?
Why are you willing to forsake your faith to gain the patronage of the world?
Why are you willing to accept abortion and Homosexuality just to gain global acceptance?
Oh Believer! Why are you very willing to forsake your faith to gain the attention of the world.
Look at how frail man is! Though they put on a strong outlook, and they pretend to be wise and in control, when it comes to matters of life and death, only God has the final say.
So why are you bothered about their persecution and antagonistic treatment towards you?
Haven’t you read in the Psalms that the wicked, “will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.” (Psalm 37:2).
The second text which I wrote at the beginning of this sermon, is one which tells us of a frightening event which took place in scripture.
Esau had returned from hunting and was hungry. He met Jacob preparing a scenting delicacy, and requested that Jacob shared it with him.
I believe the story is familiar to you. Jacob requested for Esau’s birthright in exchange for the Pottage, and Esau, without proper reasoning, sold his birthright to Jacob.
Though one might easily condemn Esau for selling his birthright to Jacob, yet, one knows that there are many Esaus in the Church today.
Esaus who gave relinquished their positions and duties in church, in order to unrestrainedly fulfill their inordinate desires.
Esaus who for a moment of want, have renounced their faith in order to get the Pottage of the Tempter.
If Esau had refused to give his birthright to Jacob, and had been patient, he would have certainly been able to prepare a meal of his to satisfy his hunger.
But when sin is about to trap its victim, it makes the victim see it as the only option available.
Probably Esau had thought, ‘What is the worth of my birthright anyways. Is it going to satisfy my belly?’.
There was an same way there are Christians who say within themselves, ‘What is the use of being a Christian? Is that how I want to feed my kids?
Though we think these things are our thoughts, yet, they are mostly whispers of the enemy to our hearts.
Refuse to gain the world at the expense of your soul!
Say No to sin!
Say No to promoting the cause of the LGBTQ community!
Preserve your Faith!
God bless you.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING SPIRITUAL CAPACITY
From the previous message of this subject matter, we have known the strategies for building spiritual strength. If you have implemented them, its benefits will definitely not elude you.
The importance of building spiritual capacity include:
1. FITNESS IN THE INNER MAN
The true fitness of a man, is not measured in the level of his/her physical ability, rather, it is measured in the level of his/her spiritual ability.
What really makes us fit and tough in the face of challenges, is our fitness in the spirit. Whatever challenge you are going through, if there’s fitness in your spirit, you will victoriously come out of it.
If besetting sin is your challenge, you can tackle it because you have the strength it takes.
The Bible tells us that while there is some value in physical exercise, spiritual exercise is much more important.
1 Timothy 4:8: “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto ALL THINGS, having promise of the life that NOW IS, and of that which is TO COME.”
Godliness is a lifestyle that is retained through spiritual workouts, you can’t benefit godliness without EXERCISING yourself unto godly living.
Paul said in 1 Timothy 4:7: “….Exercise thyself rather unto godliness.”
The passage in 1 Timothy 4:8, shows that spiritual exercise gives both contemporary and eternal benefits. With the contemporary benefits, we can have access to the benefits in eternity.
We CAN lay hold on the promise of eternal life, and there will be stability of confidence within us.
Hebrews 10:35: “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath GREAT RECOMPENCE OF REWARD.”
In the context of the above scripture, ‘confidence’ is the ‘assurance’ of your faith in Christ Jesus. There are believers who failed to take time to build strength into their spirit man, and as a result, they ended up casting away their confidence.
If your convictions and faith must be intact, you must sustain the inbuilt strength. With that, you CAN hold on to the end.
2. ENHANCEMENT OF MENTAL FACULTIES.
Both the physical and spiritual mental faculties, can be enhanced through meditation. However, there is a limit to what our physical mentality can fathom, this is because its faculty cannot exceed the natural level.
Job 11:7 (AMP): Can you discover the depths of God? can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?
The above scripture is a question that Job asked the natural man with natural mentality, and the answer is No!
But when spiritual capacity is built, it will suspend you on a higher plain where you can understand the things that looks deep and ambiguous. At that plain, your spiritual mentality can comprehend things that are beyond human understanding.
Ephesians 3:3 (KJV): How that by revelation he made KNOWN unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words.
“….To you (who have been chosen) it has been granted to KNOW and RECOGNIZE the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that though seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.” Luke 8:10 (AMP)
Our spiritual mentality has a faculty, when your faculty is enhanced, your spiritual mentality CAN substantiate the unseen and unbelievable things, which God is conveying in your spirit.
But if your spiritual mental faculty is lacking enhancement, it will suffer from deficiency.
3. STRENGTH FOR SPIRITUAL BATTLE.
Spiritual battle requires not only the whole armour of God, but also spiritual strength. The armour can protect you against spiritual attacks, you can use the armour to war against dark powers, but it does not give you STRENGTH FOR WAR.
Even though your spirit man is armed with instruments of war, you can still be defeated if you have no strength to handle the warfare instruments, you’ll be vulnerable to your opponent if you don’t have the CAPACITY to fight. This is why it is important for every believer to build spiritual capacity.
David is an example to us. He and his four hundred men pursued after the Amalekites, but the above mentioned scripture proved that he alone, slew more number of the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 30:17: “And David SMOTE them FROM THE TWILIGHT EVEN UNTO THE EVENING of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.”
Indeed, he is a man with strong spirit, if it were by physical strength, it would not had been possible for him to slay from twilight till next day evening. He was full of strength beyond natural, even after the war, he wasn’t looking like a tired man.
That’s amazing about David.
Build up your spirit to know no weakness in warfare.
As a christian pilgrim, you will be frustrated on the pilgrimage if your spiritual strength is small, most unfortunately, you will continue struggling with sin if you don’t have strength to withstand them.
Start building spiritual capacity, its benefit cannot be overemphized.
Let us pray!
Written by David Chikwado Caleb
Spiritual Growth
Growth is one of the vital characteristics, which is needed in everything we are doing, including in our relationship with God. He expects that our relationship with Him, must not be stagnant.
God understands that as a child, when you newly came to Christ, you are not all that strong and firm.
A baby starts its growth process from crawling. It is not abnormal for a baby to fall while trying to walk, but it becomes a problem if the child continues to crawl at the time he or she should be walking.
This is also applicable in our walk with God.
1 Peter 2:2 (AMP): As newborn babies, LONG FOR (thirst for, earnestly DESIRE) the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may GROW.
From the scripture above, we will discover that God does not want you to remain a crawling child, He desires that you GROW unto maturity, unto a greater knowledge of who He is and who you are in Him.
You can’t remain a weak and falling child forever. At the first stage of your christian walk, your weakness is understandable, but there has to be a change and improvement in it daily.
There should be a daily increase in the time you spend with Him, there should be a daily increase in the depth of your love for Him and for His word. Daily change is expected in the way you pray.
“As newborn babies, you should DESIRE….”
This is where we begin to find our solution to growing in Christ. You should desire, crave, thirst, and long for His undiluted milk, that’s the basic thing to do in order to GROW.
God’s Word by the Spirit gives us the secret to how we can access more of our Father in Heaven; desiring growth, craving for more.
Take for example, that moment when you were with exciting family and friends; having the best of fun, then you realize it is almost time to go home.
At this point, if it were possible, you would literarily pause the hands of time, you would desire that there should be extra time to spend together.
That’s DESIRE!
Most times, when true desire comes, it doesn’t look at the impossibilities, it only sees the possibilities of what it desires. Hence, your desire to grow, is what actually starts growth itself.
Are you satisfied with the current level of your relationship with Jesus Christ?
Don’t you think you could step up in your quiet time with the Holy Spirit?
There’s got to be more to God than what you have now.
A DESIRE and a CRAVING will begin the journey!
The place of desiring a change and growth, starts it all. You can’t take actions if there’s no desire, neither will you make decisions if there’s no desire.
So from today, stir up a desire to grow in Christ from now on. Stir up a desire to increase your time with Him, your time with His word, your time in His presence.
Ignite a desire to do more than the norms, because there is always more you can do!
Truly, desire without deliberate actions, will not yield sufficient results, therefore, in the part 2 of this teaching, we will consider the action to undertake, so as to grow in our walk with God.
Precious Wilfred
STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING SPIRITUAL CAPACITY
Both physical and spiritual capacity building, have strategy, when the strategy is implemented, the importance of capacity building will be achieved.
Strategies are consistent with some FACTORS that aids the two aspects of capacity building, but we are concerned about the spiritual aspect.
Amongst the factors, are the two eminent ones which are:
Resistance and Investment.
Resistance in this context, refers to elements that will either disable or enable you to build spiritual strength, depending on your reaction to it.
While Ivestment is the input effort of a believer, to implement the strategies and benefit from then.
Among the strategies are;
i. Meditation
ii. Application.
You are to study the word of God and meditate on it, meditation enhances the capacity of your spiritual mentality.
The next thing is to apply the word of God in everything you do. When you apply the word of God, it is called exercise. Paul attested to that in 1Timothy 4:7
He said, “….EXERCISE thyself rather unto godliness”.
Godly living is one of the applications. Praying in the Holy Ghost is one of them.
Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, BUILDING UP yourselves on your most holy faith, PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST.
However, it doesn’t happen overnight, it takes persistence and dedication.
Spiritual fitness involves a PROCESS. The process is not sweet. In that process, you must invest your time and effort. You give yourself to the sacrifice of fasting, praying and meditation.
When you go to the gym, you use equipment that gives resistance to your movements. Whether they’re weights, a stair climber or a treadmill, these workouts are designed to make you struggle.
Likewise, we encounter “resistance” which God uses to build the muscles of our spirit man. As we go through struggles and difficulties, we are forced to dig deeper, seek harder, and trust God like never before.
• Study and meditate consistently on the Word!
• Build up your spirit man daily, by praying in the Spirit!
This is where lies your spiritual capacity, this is where the ‘state’ of your spirituality is determined.
“If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Proverbs 24:10”
The days of adversity will try your strength, to know whether it’s little or great.
In the next message, we will further consider the importance of building spiritual capacity, so that the full import of this subject matter will be understood.
Let us pray!
David Chikwado Caleb
BUILDING SPIRITUAL STRENGTH _ 1
Spiritual strength, as opposed to physical strength, is the extraordinary ability to engage yourself in spiritual things. It is also the ability which enables you to withstand spiritual difficulties.
Generally speaking, without spiritual strength, spiritual things cannot be handled. Hence, it becomes mandatory to “build spiritual strength”.
In this context, ‘building’ means ‘enhancing’ while ‘strength’ means ‘capacity’. By rephrase, it means enhancing our spiritual capacity.
Therefore, building spiritual capacity is the work of engaging in spiritual workouts to generate the required ability to function adequately. It is a deliberate effort to gain spiritual fitness or stamina.
For example, we build our mortal body and gain fitness by doing physical exercise. This can be similarly considered with spiritual exercise, we engage in spiritual things to strengthen our faith and enhance our capacity at different levels.
On the other hand, we eat foods which builds our body cells and supplies energy from the organelle called mitochondrion.
Under some situations, protein can serve as a valuable energy source.
A class of proteins known as fibrous proteins provide various parts of your body with structure, ‘strength’ and elasticity. They provide nutrients which transport throughout your entire body, and stored for usage.
In addition, carbohydrates are body’s main source of energy. They provide energy, store energy, build macromolecules, and spare protein and fat for other uses.
In that comparative case, the word of God is the spiritual food that provide wholesome nutrients, those nutrients are the living particles of the Spirit. He transport the energy that enables us to be builded on daily basis.
“LET the word of Christ dwell in you RICHLY in all wisdom….” Colossians 3:16
You will be builded and enriched by the word of Christ ‘if’ you unreservedly and consistently behold it.
Paul said LET, which means PERMIT or ALLOW. Until then will Christ’s word be able to dwell RICHLY in you.
This imply that the degree to which He’ll dwell in you, is proportional to the degree of your allowance.
If your degree of allowance is little, then His word is dwelling poorly in you. This shows you are responsible for your spiritual capacity, you are accountable in building it while the Holy Spirit is responsible for supplying help which facilitates you to build it.
The Holy Spirit provides spiritual strength but it is the duty of believers to initiate and intensify the strategy, which must be in place for spiritual capacity building.
Therefore, what is the strategy to building spiritual strength? This and more will be revealed in the next part of this series.
David Chikwado Caleb
Food Vs Fasting
Mr Fast and Mr Food had great controversy on the earth that it’d reached God’s hearing. He came then to intervene in the dispute, bringing peace. Below is the case in a court where God was Judge, to bring peace;
Mr Food: My Lord, Mr Fast here in his excess kills men. He makes them weak and kills them. I save them. Thus, he should be done with.
Mr Fast: That’s not true my Lord. It’s Mr Food in his excess that kills men. He makes them fatigue and kills them. That’s why doctors always tell their patients to engage me as to clear the toxins that Mr food has placed in them.
Mr Food: What!!! That’s not true. Can they fast without haven eaten. Can they live without eating? You don’t even stand a chance against me! The Lord didst plant all trees in the trillions and made animals in the billions all for men to engage me(feed). Why should they then leave me for you and lay waste all the Lord has made them for their consumption?
Mr Fast: It’s you who don’t stand a chance against me. In the Lord’s sight, I’m of more value than you. Now Mr Food, a question for you.
Does the Lord eat? Of course not!
Did the scripture not say men were made in His image and likeness and are His children? Of course! Now if He doesn’t eat and men are His children, made in His image, why should they? Aren’t they missing something?
Perhaps a truth when they eat that they’re not supposed to? There’s a realm the Lord operates in which His people and children has got to operate in as well otherwise, they’ll just keep on eating, not realizing themselves.
Mr Food: You’ve asked me yours. Now, I ask you: ”When the Lord Jesus came to earth, didn’t He eat? Did he fast everyday? I thought you said he doesn’t eat? I just think you’re just under deception Mr Fast which does brings men to destruction.
Mr Fast: It is you who is under deception Mr Food. You used the Lord as an example and I will too.
With what did He begin His ministry? Food? Of course not! For the power and Life He sought, He did with a fast!
Do you think men can access the Lord’s depth with you? Of course not!
It’s I they need. Enoch, almost always! Moses, 40days. Elijah, 50days. Daniel, 21days. Esther, 3days. The Lord Himself, 40days! What does that tell you Mr food? Watch out the lives of these people that engaged me if they remained the same…
How about those that engage you? Anything changes? Nothing of course except toxins added to their system.
That should tell you why they need me and the Lord ever recommended me to them.
Great tension arises in the atmosphere between these two opponent. Thus, the Lord steps in to settle them,
The Lord: Let the dispute end. Let me come in:
You all should know that I did all at creation and made no mistake. I made food for man and not man for food. I made fast too for man.
As my word says, ‘a time to eat and a time to fast’. Man shouldn’t eat all the time nor should he fast all the time.
I never intended food for man as he’s spirit but nevertheless, I made food still for him as I gave him flesh. As long as he’s on earth, he’ll need food or he’ll die.
When he returns to me, he won’t need food as I originally designed but will live in fast. Till then, as long as he lives on earth, he should do both in proportion. For stability, he shouldn’t eat than he fast nor fast than he eats.
In all, they should do whatever either eat or fast to my Glory. That’s what truly matters!
© Jemifor Zaphenathpaaneah Roland
Wisdom
The fairest has heard of her,
Kings sought after her,
The wise follows her immensely,
The foolish despise her ignorantly.
She knows the destination of every future,
She seeks a man diligence,
She searches the heart of a man posture,
She opens a man to intelligence.
She teaches what is fair and right.
Her counsel is more than Gold,
She delivers what is ripe,
She speaks of things untold.
She engages me with insight,
She plants me besides the riverside,
Am married into her foresight,
She makes me sit at her right hand side.
She expresses the reality of my design,
She calls aloud with her voice,
She influences me with her spirit divine,
Not following her will make me void.
This Wisdom, is Christ.
Christ is my Wisdom
Greenhills Emmanuel Amarayahweh
KOINONIA ART 